Artist's Shit
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- | {{Template}} | + | {{Template}}'''''Artist's shit''''' ([[Italian language|Italian]]: ''Merda d'artista'') is a work of art by the [[Italy|Italian]] [[artist]] [[Piero Manzoni]] that was influenced by [[Marcel Duchamp]]'s ''[[Readymades of Marcel Duchamp|readymades]]''. |
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+ | In [[May]] [[1961]], Manzoni collected his own [[feces]] in 90 numbered [[Tin can|can]]s, which contain 30 [[gram]]s of feces each. He labelled them as '100% pure artist's shit' in Italian, English, French, and German, and sold them for the price of their weight in [[gold]]. Their current estimated value stands at approximately [[Euro|EUR]]30,500 ([[US$]]25,000–35,000). On May 23 2007, an exemplar has been sold for [[Euro|EUR]]124,000 at Sotheby's.<ref>''[http://ansa.it/opencms/export/site/notizie/rubriche/inbreve/visualizza_new.html_2126731936.html Sotheby's sells an exemplar for 124,000 euros]''</ref> | ||
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+ | Like Duchamp's readymades, '''''Artist's shit''''' questions the meaning of art as both cultural and consumer objects by forcing the viewer to confront a system that venerates cans of shit as works of art.<ref>''[http://www.amazon.com/Poop-Culture-America-Grossest-National/dp/193259521X Poop Culture: How America is Shaped by its Grossest National Product]'', ISBN 1-932-59521-X</ref> | ||
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+ | Some of the cans have exploded or leaked as a result of internal pressure or the [[corrosion]] of the metallic parts. | ||
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In May 1961, Manzoni collected his own feces in 90 numbered cans, which contain 30 grams of feces each. He labelled them as '100% pure artist's shit' in Italian, English, French, and German, and sold them for the price of their weight in gold. Their current estimated value stands at approximately EUR30,500 (US$25,000–35,000). On May 23 2007, an exemplar has been sold for EUR124,000 at Sotheby's.<ref>Sotheby's sells an exemplar for 124,000 euros</ref>
Like Duchamp's readymades, Artist's shit questions the meaning of art as both cultural and consumer objects by forcing the viewer to confront a system that venerates cans of shit as works of art.<ref>Poop Culture: How America is Shaped by its Grossest National Product, ISBN 1-932-59521-X</ref>
Some of the cans have exploded or leaked as a result of internal pressure or the corrosion of the metallic parts.